Back from ‘Green’

Am finally back from my 1st ‘low’ key ICT, still feeling very, very tired, only 50% recharged… ):

Reached home yesterday night around 8+ after 2 nights of stay-in, all becos of stupid CO and the lousy out-processing. Had to skip my Wed class as well… Army as usual… I wonder how are we going to win if a war ever breaks out, even the very basic stuffs are already so badly executed, don’t even have to mention what 3G Army or technology. Can you imagine almost 500 person waiting for just 1 person for 2 hr 30 mins just becos he’s in a meeting and he only holds the rank of a Major? Totally ridiculous… no sense of punctually at all. How is someone like him going to command respect from his ‘men’ when he can’t even be on time? The out-processing was also damn pathetic and disorderly. Dunno whether to attribute it to typical human nature or lousy system…

The whole ICT is just not my cup of tea, didnt really enjoy it at all. Plus the incessant rain from Thur till Friday made it worst. Best yet, it was reported in the news that the northern part of Singapore got the brunt of the rain, all 216.7mm of it… what an unlucky time to be out in the field. Did my combat shoot and IPPT during the 4 days but failed my 2.4km run and had to redo a day reshoot… all started becos of one rifle sling…

Forget the bad stuffs and let’s talk about the good stuffs. Gotta know this PC who was also in my shooting detail, a very helpful and moral-booster commander. Another one is the OC that was the overall in-charge. He’s the kind of commander that is a natural born leader whom I believe his men would even be willing to ‘die’ for in war. Although he’s actually quite a ’slack’ commander, his men under him respect him and he meant what he says. Worthy of saluting!

Now for the benefits of going thru ICT, I would say it’s really a good time to get to know and interact with people of all ages esp. for people doing sales or business. I can say I’m the youngest over there and people all around are like late 20s to 40 with families. It’s also a good time to strengthen the bond with your buddies and such. But, I wouldnt wanna attend the next one if possible, it just disrupts my personal life like now…

~ by livingthedream on January 13, 2007.